My name is Lisa. As a radical feminist artist/writer lesbian/sometimes student, I have now reached a point where it is becoming increasingly clear that the art that I do must be womens [sic] art---art which speaks out of my experiences as a woman,...

Oral history interview with Frank Moorman, Sr., conducted on August 17, 1978 by Kenneth Chumbley. Mr. Moorman was a businessman in Louisville's Walnut Street area. Mr. Moorman discusses his parents and grandparents, and his early life in Owensboro,...

Oral history interview conducted with Lyman T. Johnson on May 6, 1976 by Dwayne Cox. Mr. Johnson, a civil rights activist and educator focuses on Johnson’s involvement in the effort to integrate the University of Louisville and the University of...

Oral history interview with Louisville physician Maurice Rabb. Dr. Rabb discusses his early life and education in Mississippi. He speaks of his experiences as a student at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, comparing race relations in his...

Oral history interview conducted with sociologist Charles H. Parrish, Jr. on December 1 and 14, 1976 and February 21, 1977 by Dwayne Cox and William Morison. Dr. Parrish discusses his father, Charles H. Parrish, Sr., who was a Baptist minister and...

Oral history interview conducted with James Shively on December 18, 1978 by Dwayne Cox. Mr. Shively focuses largely on his education in Louisville, at Louisville Central High School and the Louisville Municipal College, in the 1930s and 1940s. He...

Oral history interviews conducted with Mr. Steward Pickett on May 23, June 4, and June 25, 1979 by Mary Bobo. Mr. Pickett, a retired assistant Boy Scout executive and board member of Senior House, talks about his family, growing up on an...

Oral history interview conducted with legislator Mae Street Kidd on October 10, November 11, and December 5, 1978 by Ken Chumbley. Ms. Kidd discusses her life, including her childhood growing up in Bourbon County. Kidd attended the Lincoln...

Oral history interview with Murray Atkins Walls and John Walls, conducted July 27, 1977 by Dwayne Cox. Most of the interview focuses on Murray Atkins Walls, although her husband, John Walls, is also an active participant. They were both involved in...

The Cultural Center a small brick building, sits on a corner. There is a mural painted on the closest wall. This building was previously known as Minority Affairs. The Minority Affairs program was known as the Office of Black Affairs when it was...

To our delight, Helen's sister Antoinette Mayer, now residing in Washington, D.C., designed and made the quilt piece for us...for Helen. / 'Quilting,' Antoinette says, 'is my recreation. I make quilts with patterns proved over the years by our...

"While producing works like this, Turrell also embarked on a major project in 1972 which involved purchasing, and subsequently modifying, an extinct volcanic crater located in northern Arizona. This 'Roden Crater' project has connections with Land...

Housing; Discrimination in housing; Social justice; Busing for school integration--Kentucky--Jefferson County

In this incomplete recording, Ms. Young discusses her experiences as executive director of the Louisville and Jefferson County Human Rights Commission. She describes the role of the HRC in the community and some of its successes.

Mr. Reid describes his duties as the Louisville Metro Housing Authority’s chairman of the board and his goals as such. He relates his experiences during the civil rights movement of the 1960s and his arrest as one of the “Black Six” in 1968.

Bills and Hill discuss their experiences working for Louisville Metro Planning Design Services. They explain zoning and land development codes in Louisville as well as the Cornerstone 2020 Comprehensive Plan and give their personal views on fair...